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The biggest international Urban Music conference and festival decided to ‘stay close to home’ for the first time in the ‘The New Skool Rules’ history. The three-day conference, which is friday May 18th for many many years focused only on international talent in the industry. Stg. Epitome Entertainment, who is behind NSR, decided that there needed to be a specific day for Dutch people (or people who speak Dutch) to experience a conference about the Dutch market. Artists, producers, songwriter, labels and publishers who are focusing on the Dutch market can visit NSRNL on Sunday May 20th!

It’s not only handmade, but for the first time ever the offering is unisex. With this new collection they took it to a whole nother level. We are talking about the latest Made in Kenya offering in collaboration with brother and sister duo 2ManySiblings. Beats 1 radio presenter Julie Adenuga and model and activist Leomie Anderson also lent their creative input to the design process and the results are booming. Go check out those cutaway sundresses in block prints, electric blue and floral kimonos, and palm-print yellow halter-neck jumpsuits! They are to die for!

Alkebulanhad the chance to interview Oshun. This conversation took place in a cab on their way back from a photo shoot. The two beautiful girls; Niambi and Thandi enlighten us about their journey thus far.

We all know the powerful story behind ‘The Color Purple’, the movie from 1985 in which Whoopie Goldberg and Oprah played amazing leading roles. After 11 nominations, the movie turned into an amazing broadway musical that also made it to the Dutch theatres. In the première week we made it to the NDSM theatre, where we had the privilege to have witnessed the magic on stage first hand. The ‘all black cast’ made sure to capture the audience and took us on an amazing journey through the story. We strongly recommend you to see for yourself how amazing this play actually is!